Hello everyone! I have recently become an avid student of Objectivism, having been introduced to the ideas of Ayn Rand through her fiction. A good friend recommended that I read Anthem, and, having done so, I proceeded to devour The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged as well. The philosophical concepts resonated with me, and validated much of what I had concluded through my own efforts. I am working through Introduction to Objectivist Epistomology and Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand.
So, I am still a novice Objectivist, but eager to learn from those more experienced than myself.
I have travelled a long route to reach this point, a route filled with philosophical dead-ends, and pseudo-mystic mumbo-jumbo; to wit: Wicca, Rosicrucianism, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Ordo Templi Orientis, comparative religious studies, Jung, and general occultism.
Having wasted years in pursuit of mysteries and hidden knowledge, I came to a firm conclusion: it was all a waste of valuble time.
I look forward to interacting here to our mutual benifit.